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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,339,190 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,339,190 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Service members of the Ukrainian 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade hides under trees as they observe the sky for Russian drones on April 27, 2026 in Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Zoriana Stelmakh/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Russia has lost around 1,339,190 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on May 8.

The figure includes 1,130 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 11,919 tanks, 24,538 armored combat vehicles, 94,879 vehicles and fuel tanks, 41,630 artillery systems, 1,778 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,370 air defense systems, 435 aircraft, 352 helicopters, 279,729 drones, 33 ships and boats, and two submarines.

Ukraine's General Staff has not revealed its own losses during the full-scale invasion, citing operational secrecy.

Independent Western think-tank reports agree that the Russian casualties significantly surpass Ukraine's losses, with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) estimating the ratio to be "roughly 2.5:1 or 2:1."

A January 2026 CSIS report said Ukraine has likely suffered between 500,000 and 600,000 casualties from February 2022 to December 2025, of which between 100,000 and 140,000 are thought to be killed in action (KIA).

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